Pittsburgh Pirates vs Baltimore Orioles
October 17, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 17, 1979 at Memorial Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Baltimore Orioles 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 1 3 1
Foli ss 4 0 1 0
Parker rf 4 0 0 0
Robinson B. lf 4 1 1 1
Stargell 1b 5 1 4 2
Madlock 3b 3 0 0 0
Nicosia c 4 0 0 0
Garner 2b 3 1 1 0
Bibby p 1 0 0 0
  Sanguillen ph 1 0 0 0
  Robinson D. p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 3 0 0 0
Garcia ss 3 0 1 0
  Ayala ph 0 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T. p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
Lowenstein lf 2 0 0 0
  Roenicke ph,lf 2 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 4 0 2 0
Dempsey c 3 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 3 1 1 1
McGregor p 1 0 0 0
  May ph 0 0 0 0
  Belanger pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Pittsburgh 000 002 0024100
Baltimore 001 000 000142
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bibby   4.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Robinson   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Jackson  W (1-0) 2.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Tekulve  SV (3) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  L (1-1) 8.0 7 2 2 2 2
  Stoddard   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Flanagan   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Stanhouse   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T.   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Martinez D.   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
2

  E–Garcia (1), Lowenstein (1).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Stargell 2 (4,off McGregor 2); Garner (4,off Stoddard).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell (3,6th inning off McGregor 1 on, 1 out), Baltimore Dauer (1,3rd inning off Bibby 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Foli (1,off McGregor).  HBP–Parker (1,by T Martinez); B Robinson (1,by D Martinez).  IBB–Garner (2,by McGregor); Madlock (2,by McGregor); Singleton (1,by Tekulve).  CS–Garcia (1,2nd base by Bibby/Nicosia).  HBP–T Martinez (1,Parker); D Martinez (1,B Robinson).  IBB–Tekulve (2,Singleton); McGregor 2 (2,Garner,Madlock).  U–Jerry Neudecker (AL), Bob Engel (NL), Russ Goetz (AL), Terry Tata (NL), Paul Runge (NL), Jim McKean (AL).  T–2:54.  A–53,733.
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